Tristam Core
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Lieutenant Commander Tristam Core (pronounced /traɪstɛm/), a Rodulan of mixed Attraxan and Krzexxi descent, is currently First Officer of the USS Invicta. A components expert and a talented tinker, he is a components expert, and works as the Starfleet Corps of Engineers project manager for the Invicta's region.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- As a Rodulan, Tristam is highly telepathic, though others aren't normally capable of reading his thoughts or emotions.
- Uses a process of elimination when problem solving, coming up with courses of action, or even just explaining abnormal things. Though he doesn't notice that he's doing it, Tristam's head tilts slightly in a different direction when he considers each possibility or course of action.
- Is quite happy to get his hands dirty and fix something, going so far as to call it therapeutic. If this means he has to destroy something himself in order to fix it again, he'll do it - for example, he notes "minor explosive tests" on log of a USS Garuda shuttlecraft just prior to transferring to the USS Invicta, which many of his co-workers claim was used as a stress-reliever. He has since moved on to working within the Invicta's holodecks.
- Seems to be very uninformed of changes around the ship. This may include changes within staff, equipment, or plans during missions, and may also result in officers having to chase up reports despite giving him two weeks notice for them. This is a fault of his own many find quite frustrating, especially in his new position as First Officer. However, despite the delays, he's quick to catch up and provide assistance or insight when possible.
- Is bound to his morals and beliefs. He despises violence, regularly citing that it gets a situation nowhere. Though he has spent over a decade away from the home and safety of Rodul, he still considers those around him as aliens, and often finds himself curious or confused about the confines of their culture or identity.
Appearance
Aside from a slight height difference, Tristam is identical to his brother Taywor. With brown hair and trademark rings of tiredness under his eyes due to not getting enough sleep, the Rodulan often sports a scruffy beard, rarely completely shaved (claiming he'd rather not look like a two year old).
After a severe knee injury (from the same accident that caused damage to his telepathic lobe), when Tristam stands for long periods of time, he rests most of his weight onto his right leg out of habit. He will also cross his arms when listening to instructions or important information - which is also presumed to be a habit.
In terms of dress sense, Tristam is very simple - normally wearing a tee-shirt and jeans. He has a favoured pair of maroon canvas shoes for when he is off duty, wearing them with just about anything (he also claims he only owns three pairs of shoes - the canvas, brown dress shoes and his work boots). His hair is what he likes to call "stylishly messy", both on and off duty. On duty, he is always wearing his Engineering cargo pants, equipped with quite a number of engineering tools.
- Height: 5'8
- Hair Color: Light brown
- Length of Hair: Short
- Eye Color: Black
- Birthmarks, Scars, Tattoos: None - any previous scars caused by injuries have been removed.
- Build: Lean
- Taste in clothing (Off Duty): Simple shirt and jeans.
- Taste in clothing (On Duty): Starfleet uniform, usually with Engineering cargo pants for extra pockets.
Hobbies and Pastimes
- Fixing things
- Deliberately breaking equipment such as PADDs and communicators in order to fix them whilst stressed. It should be noted that these pieces of equipment are outdated, and are personal items of Tristam's (though he has deliberately broken another officer's tricorder in order to create a crude communications device).
- Reading
- Enjoys laying on the couch and reading a good fiction novel - this is normally any sort of fiction, except for Westerns.
Likes
- His work
- Being labelled as an Operations Officer meant that the majority of it was paperwork, but Tristam still appreciates working through it and getting it done. And although he complains about the majority of his Engineering workload, he truly does enjoy it.
- Rodulan swuit sticks
- A stick with a hard lolly-like substance set around it. When he was much younger, his father made them as treats. In the summer, Gamighan would even freeze them. They were a favourite childhood treat for Tristam - and still are today.
- Tartare sauce
- Will quite willingly have tartare sauce with just about any hot meal, if not on its own.
Dislikes
- Working on warp or propulsion systems
- Despite being an engineer, Tristam avoids working on propulsion systems at all costs. He has stated several times to cadets that life-sustaining systems are far more important, and that speed was not a necessity . . . unless you were being chased by an angry pack of Klingons, Borg, and so forth.
- Working on the Bridge
- More specifically, working on the Bridge as an Engineering Officer. He claims that Engineers have no real purpose on the Bridge unless they're fixing consoles. Thus, he prefers working below decks.
- People touching his things
- Got stuck with a roommate at the Academy that thought stealing or hiding his stuff was funny, commonly stealing his favourite maroon canvas shoes and hiding them in the most obscure of places. Since then on, he has always been protective of his stuff, rarely lending anything out to anyone in fear that he'll never get it back.
- Ensign Voss took the opportunity to try some of Tristam's battered flake and tartare sauce whilst he was busy taking a comcall. Once he realized said food had been touched, he vowed that someone would "pay for this".
- Spiders
- Absolutely hates spiders. He is convinced that spiders of any kind have a plan to destroy the universe one way or another. It's not explained why he hates spiders as much as he does.
- An experience with a very large spider saw Tristam come up with two ways to remove a spider nest from the Garuda - blowing the deck to smithereens, or flushing everything out the airlock.
- Sean Naughton
- Even punched him to prove it.
Areas
Quarters
Due to his messy nature, it is rare occurrence that Tristam's quarters be completely clean. Normally, the only real time this occurs is when he moves into new quarters or he plans to have guests (in which case, everything will be temporarily thrown into his bedroom). There is a three dimensional chess board on his coffee table, but is rarely used to due his inability to find someone to play against. Hanging on a wall somewhere in his quarters in a modern yellow frame is his "expert qualification" in components, having been obtained during his time on Deep Space 17.
Tristam's bedroom is normally cluttered with piles of PADDs, and his bed is never usually made. This is the only area of his quarters that actually features images of family and friends - his bedside table features a group photo of Tristam, Taywor and their father Gamighan from 2380 (Gamighan's birthday).
Office
Surprisingly, unlike his quarters, his office space is immaculate - possibly due to the countless amount of guests he receives. Covered in PADDs of which have barely been skimmed let alone read thoroughly. On his desk sits a box of parts which may or may not be from various different tricorders for him to fiddle with.
Family
Father
Gamighan Core, Tristam's father is a retired man residing on Rodul. He is an expert in telepathy, specifically of verbal thoughts. Some sixty years ago, he exchanged Basotile with Meredyn Tjaent, and after careful preparation, decided to have a child - though neither expected to have twins. Meredyn unfortunately died due to complications in child birth.
Over 100 years old, Gamighan supposedly likes to tease those with lower lifespans with his Rodulan physiology. When the boys were in their early twenties, it was supposedly agreed that Tristam inherited his attitude and "deviousness" from Gamighan - Taywor being the more collected and less chaotic twin out of the two of them was supposedly something Meredyn was known for. Gamighan is proud that both his sons have a "high level of intelligence", as both are very prominent in their chosen fields - Tristam being an expert in Components Engineering, and Taywor in Psychology of humanoid species. Gamighan is also extremely confident in the belief that, if she were alive, Meredyn would be proud of her sons.
Upset when Tristam announced that he was joining Starfleet, Gamighan became increasingly concerned about his health and safety when his son was finally posted aboard the USS Pioneer. This concern only increased when Tristam was involved with an accident aboard the ship, and Gamighan left their home planet to make his way to the medical facility to stay with his son. However, after rehabilitation, Gamighan very clearly voiced his displeasure to his son about his remaining in Starfleet - yet at the same time, was proud to know that his son was picking himself up again (Tristam has even stated that Gamighan believes wholeheartedly that he should remain within the Federation). But it is because of his concern for Tristam that Gamighan contacts him frequently, to the point where Tristam has sometimes found it annoying, but appreciates it all the same.
Twin brother
Taywor Taniel Core is Tristam's identical twin, younger by a mere minute. He is a budding Psychologist, interested in the workings of a Rodulan's brain. Despite believing themselves to be of equal intelligence, neither can truly understand what the other is saying when speaking their study's jargon.
As children, the two often pretended to be one another to confuse others. As they got older and Tristam was busying himself with learning how to work with the latest of technologies, Taywor was working himself into a steady relationship. By the time he was nineteen, Taywor and Yanata Venxi were expecting their first son, which caused a rift of sorts between Taywor and his father who claimed that he was far too young - a situation of which Tristam did his best to stay out of. It was thankfully rectified shortly after Samual was born.
After the accident that impaired Tristam's telepathy and following the time spent in the medical facility, Taywor spent a brief month on Deep Space 17 making sure his brother was settled in and well, before finally returning to Rodul. The brothers keep in frequent contact with Taywor regularly inquiring about Tristam's health - of which has admittedly faltered now and then due to his time with Starfleet.
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Education
Tristam received general schooling until the age of twelve, where he began to focus his subjects more on technology and engineering. He graduated his secondary college with high achievement in his electronics class. He moved on to study Everyday Technologies at Bromivitch University of Rodul, and received a Master of Engineering. It should be noted that he also studied Healthcare and Biotechnology of the 24th century, though it is not necessarily one of his strong points.
Including a majority of his core classes at Starfleet Academy, Tristam excelled in most of his classes in the Components Engineering course, the exception being Weapons Systems. He also received low grades in Impulse Systems, one of only two propulsion classes he took. However, time working as an officer in Starfleet has given him time to gain a further expertise in many Engineering systems, a capable components expert.
After taking on the position of Chief Engineer, Tristam was required to study additional warp mechanics. Despite this, he still claims to have a limited knowledge of his ship's propulsion assembly and requires the assistance of others of his staff to work with him to solve any problems of which may arise.
History in Starfleet
See also: Academy Transcript After graduating Starfleet Academy, Tristam was placed aboard the USS Pioneer as an Engineering Officer. He was promoted a year later to Lieutenant JG, and he began attempting to broaden his Engineering knowledge by learning more about the Pioneer's propulsion systems. During 2387, Lieutenant Roshanara Rahman was assigned to the Pioneer as a Research and Development Engineer, and the two supposedly became friends. As a Lieutenant JG, the power to Tristam's quarters were cut as a prank played by an Engineer of whom has not yet confessed - locking him in his quarters. In panic, Tristam (with a PADD and a tricorder) used the computer systems in Engineering to draw as much attention to himself as possible, flashing lights, taking over the ships speakers, and changing the language display of the Engineering consoles to Rodulan. He didn't think to just manually open the door. Seven months after Rahman was posted, an R&D experiment involving her and Tristam supposedly caused multiple explosions in the Pioneer's Engineering department. Tristam was severely injured, losing his natural telepathic abilities and almost his left leg at the same time. He was placed on a medical leave of absence for 11 months to recover. In mid-2388, Tristam was taken off leave, and requested a transfer into an Operations department. Despite this, he was stationed aboard Deep Space 17 as an Operations Officer, but claims that the work is almost exactly the same as it would have been if he was assigned as an Engineer. Within his first week aboard the station, Tristam was involved in a 'scuffle' regarding misaligned circuits with a superior officer. The matter was resolved quickly and maturely under the watchful eye of the station's Chief of Security, Lieutenant Msafiri Bakari. Three weeks later, Tristam almost blew out an entire deck of the station whilst working with plasma conduits. Tristam was promoted to full Lieutenant in 2389. During this period, he was asked to look after and mentor two cadets as he worked around the station; Cadets Vian Nova and Ukaramesh Blanufic (it should be noted, however, that Nova left the Academy during her time with Tristam). Blanufic remains in contact with Tristam, and is currently the Assistant Chief Engineer aboard the USS Evantair. Whilst serving aboard the station, Tristam became involved in a hostage situation. Using his experience aboard the Pioneer, he alerted the station's Chief of Security to the situation by flashing the lights and taking over the speakers, using his tricorder. His time aboard DS17 began to draw to a close when Tristam was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in late 2390. After three years of working aboard a station, Tristam was transferred to the USS Vigilant-A as Chief of Operations in 239104, where he was required to take a crash course on the Vigilant's slipstream drive. He was reassigned again after barely three weeks to the USS Garuda as an Engineer at the request of the Garuda's Chief Engineer. Tristam, along with the Garuda's First Officer, Chief of Intelligence, Commander Tan, ex-Captain Kells and Lieutenant DeVeau, were assigned to assess a mud dome threatening the Eth people of Bocasa. Left stranded for an unknown reason on the planet of Pleethion with a jamming field that was blocking their communications (and any communication signal), Tristam was able to rig a sort of remote control for the Galaxy class ship using his communicator, a PADD and two tricorders. He was able to successfully gain the attention of the unsuspecting Garuda by blasting "I'm a little tea pot" through the speakers around the ship and flashing the lights. Having been used for a third time, Tristam plans on calling it "The Tea Pot maneuver" - Tristam later found a source for part of the field in Commander Tan's tricorder. Commander Rahman was able to successfully bounce back (and create a working communications link) with Tristam via his crudely made engineering concoction. Unfortunately, seconds beforehand, Tristam set foot onto a mine. Having explained to Rahman that beaming up the rest of the away team may set off the mine he was standing on (and beaming engineers down may end up with the same result), he was told he needed to walk Lieutenant DeVeau through disarming the mine. DeVeau found that the mine could actually make the situation with the mud dome much worse, while Kells believed it may assist with the situation. Despite either of these things, and regardless of DeVeau's steady hands, the mine was set off. It was a rush to beam back to the ship (unfortunately with a mine hooked into Commander Tan's leg, of which Tristam was able to successfully transport away, much to Rahman's distaste). Tristam seems to have some sense of distrust towards the missing Captain Reynolds, believing that, as she is an Intelligence officer, she may have had the means to sabotage the away teams mission. Three jamming signals had been found in the teams tricorders prior to beaming back aboard the Garuda, of which Kells and Tan found to be Cardassian - confirming the worst, Rahman explained that the crew met Reynolds at a Cardassian facility. On top of this, Reynolds also simply "showed up" to join the shuttle team after a disagreement with Captain Egan Manno, of which gave her access to a shuttle (of which Tristam realized she wouldn't have had, had she stayed aboard the Garuda). She also spent several minutes of "quality time" with Tan, ensuring that if a wrong word was spoken against her, Tan would stick up for her no matter what. He found a perfectly intact surveillance camera in a Jefferies Tubes junction, of which had access to some of the major security systems, and watched with the Garuda's Chief Security/Tactical Officer as Rahman deactivated the systems. Because of the suspicious behaviour, and because Rahman may have been a vital part of the sabotage aboard the Garuda, Lieutenant T'Leia wished to question her. Unable to trust the new Security officer, Tristam sought out Lieutenant Commander Bakari, and the three questioned Rahman in her office, DeVeau also present. Rahman turned herself in. On stardate 239107.27, Captain Egan Manno gave Tristam the position of Acting Chief Engineer. He was also awarded the Diplomacy ribbon on stardate 239108.03 with the rest of his crew for their efforts on Pleethion. Tristam was a part of the two teams sent aboard the presumed rogue vessel USS Mercury. As the Mercury wasn't completely powered, he, DeVeau, Trel'lis, Douglas and Delano made their way to the ships primary computer core in an attempt to correct power flow. Once there, he realized that the ship's power problems were due to its being redirected to a part of the ship of which was no longer attached (the Mercury's sensor module), but was unable to relay this when an explosion occurred near the team's position. There were some serious injuries, including almost all of the team incurring some form of head trauma, and Tristam with a scapula fracture was unable to use his left arm from that point onwards. The team presumably made their way to the Mercury's Strategic Operations due to a lack of safe areas aboard. Once there, they found that internal sensors were no longer functioning. Tristam blacked out, regaining consciousness with no recollection of how he'd managed to get aboard the Mercury, and was unaware of Lieutenant Delano's name. Finding himself more involved in the situation (Delano having discovered that Leo Handley-Page was not, in fact, alive), he split Delano and DeVeau off from the rest of the group in Strategic Operations with the new goal of shutting down the holographic projections. A com call from the Garuda explaining the dire situation of the Mercury changed his plans, and the reduced team of three made their way to Main Engineering instead, where they were to meet Rahman and at least two others to reboot the computer system and reapply antimatter containment. They were disrupted by a holographic version of Rahman, taking DeVeau hostage, and Rahman was then thwarted by a holographic version of Mei'konda. Throughout the entire exchange, Tristam was somehow forced into a state of shock, his ability to function as an Engineer compromised. In the remaining minutes, Rahman sent him to a lower deck to manually restart a main sequencer segment. The holographic version of Rahman had unfortunately followed him, physically intervening with his input and causing him more injury. With only a little amount of time left, Tristam resorted to using a phaser as means to distract the hologram and get her away from the console - in doing this, he also ensured the holograms "death". With only seconds left, Tristam was able to restart the sequencer. In pain, shock and mentally worn down, he was finally beamed directly to the Garuda's Sick Bay with the real Roshanara Rahman. Tristam awoke in Sick Bay on stardate 239109.23. He was promoted to Chief Engineer on stardate 239109.24. He was also awarded a Good Conduct Ribbon, a Purple Heart, and a Captain's Commendation on stardate 239110.09 for his efforts on the Mercury. On stardate 239203.08, Tristam was caught in a time fracture on the Peppalexa homeworld, sending him and Lieutenant Ki Shandres far into Peppalexa's past - meeting Saveron in the same area and time. There, the group spent 15 days in a Peppalexan jungle with no word from the Garuda's crew. They were found by Lt.Commander Mei'konda's away team, and despite the three being separated, the Garuda's crew were able to beam them back to the current timeline. Tristam was part of a small team of the Garuda's officers to find evidence to prove misconduct against the Va Wreth. When infiltrating a social gathering hosted by the race, the team once again butted heads against Harrison Ross, who they'd believed to have planned to harm those in the gathering. After escaping from a locked maintenance shaft with Hanar Tuk, the team tried to capture Ross to no avail - and, as a consequence, Rahman accidentally beamed an innocent civilian into the Garuda's Brig. The team was split yet again. For a currently unknown reason, Shandres, Mei'konda, DeVeau and himself were kidnapped by another group of Va Wreth and held against their will. An attempt to escape ended with their group being found by Va Wreth allies, and they were escorted to Astrofori 1's medical facility for treatment. On stardate 239206.20, Tristam was transferred to the USS Invicta. After a handful of years creating the concept, Starfleet's Corps of Engineers green-lit Tristam's MST development on stardate 239212.14, a project to transport whole starships from one section of space to another. He enlists the assistance of Angeline Loupaz and Coalem Garry. With Commander Rahman's departure from her position for the Corps of Engineers, Tristam was offered to take the role. Instead of taking the position on top of his workload as Chief Engineer, Tristam is now solely stationed aboard the Invicta as the SCE's project manager. As Kinan Venroe departs for reassignment, Tristam is placed as the Invicta's First Officer on stardate 239305.13.
ETP involvementIt's believed Tristam became one of the numerous contacts for the Engineer's Trading Post during his time on Deep Space 17. When repairs after the Vaadwaur occupation of the station were complete, the Operations department had a surplus of spare parts. With permission from command, Tristam and a few other officers of the department traded these parts with other Starfleet or Federation vessels when docked at the station. More often than not, he received several favours or "gifts" for the parts he traded himself and is apparently still owed these favours today. Though he is not nearly as involved with the community, he still has many contacts within it, and uses these contacts with the Invicta's Bridge briefing table goes mysteriously missing. He also uses his contacts to obtain Mark V PRP generator, implying that he had duplicated it for use with holographic systems on Invicta, and later the USS Syracuse. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional History
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NOTABLE SIMS
USS Vigilant-A
- Ship and Shirt (JP with Bakari)
USS Garuda
- Spiders and panic go hand in hand.
- The Running Plan part 2 (JP with Rahman)
- Metamorphosis (JP with Rahman)
NPC Listing · USS Invicta Crew Manifest · Crew History
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